#A281E9#A281E9

#A281E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.152 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A281E9
RGB	rgb(162, 129, 233)
HSL	hsl(259, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(259, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 44.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 34.61, -48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 59.38, 305.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% 0.0684 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.152 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4549, 29.2646, 80.7503)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A281E9 #C8E981

analogous

#8194E9 #A281E9 #D681E9

triadic

#A281E9 #E9A281 #81E9A2

tetradic

#A281E9 #E98194 #C8E981 #81E9D6

square

#A281E9 #E98194 #C8E981 #81E9D6

split-complementary

#A281E9 #E9D681 #94E981

monochromatic

#5924CC #7C4DE0 #A281E9 #C8B5F2 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A281E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#A281E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A281E9

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A281E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A281E9	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6194ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6792E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9394AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a281e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 129, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.152 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a6f0',
    500: '#a281e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a281e9;
$custom-light: #c0a6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a281e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.038,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6779,
    "c": 0.15175,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A281E9

secondary

#E8F1D5

accent

#D21396

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A281E9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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